Monday 16 April 2012

Two weeks for the price of one! Though possibly a rambly and tangled mess:

Last week I was looking at Sharing in the form of SlideShare, wikis and delicious.  All three looked useful tools, for me perhaps more through looking for information than sharing at the moment.  Though a wiki can be a handy way of storing information.  I used to use one for storing information on all the football matches I've ever attended.  But it's gone now, along with all the info. :( Perhaps I can start again on wikispaces sometime..... The prospect for using them rather than a group e-mail is good and potentially very useful.  Evernote, too, the cool extra thing could be handy in a similar way, though I rather like post-it notes, I must say.  Actually, OMG!!!  I've been writing rhymes using my e-mail as storage - why not Evernote.  There are time-stamping issues, maybe but not if I'm not fussed.  Maybe time to get a hold of this mess?  I put this blog up on the UK library blog wiki thing.  Hello if you've arrived from there! [Had a look after writing up to "stuck in my ways" and may stay there as it looks like Evernote deletes your notes every 29 days?]



I'm trying to utilise delicious more but found it difficult to send my bookmarks into it at home, will persevere though, because it would be so darn handy to have bookmarks on the internet like that rather than trying to remember every site I like while on the move.  Really rather goodn and handy - thank you! 



This week was multimedia!  YouTube I have wasted some time on before with music videos and clips of old shows.  Using it for library information has a wealth of possibilities, espeicially if you can find eager media or film students!  Certainly the clips featured on the 23 Things blog were good - esp the dinosaur search clip, I think that helped me enough that I could help students better in future!  And myself.  Just need to think synonyms and key concepts!  hmm, snacks or treats AND chocolate or caramel or nuts...?  Not sure that one would work, actually - I shall heep practicing!  Same with the dalek one.  I like daleks.  


Podcasts are one of those areas I've happily ignored despite knowing I'd like it.  Bit like most of the internet, actually.  Bit stuck in my ways.  I've added a couple to Google Reader but don't exactly have the time for them, which is a shame.  Doing one would be a lot of fun, though.  Either just messing about or attempting comedy skits or something, stories, whatever.  Or connecting it with work, even - each day over the Day in the Life week twice a year.  Or get cats involced and do a podcat.


That is all.


Except for playlists....

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